KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Ailsa Terry has been named as the new British High Commissioner to Malaysia and will take up her appointment in July 2023.

She will succeed Charles Hay, who will be transferred to another diplomatic service appointment, the British High Commission said in a statement.

Terry is currently the director of sanctions at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the statement said.

Prior to that, she was the FCDO director of the G7 Presidency and the deputy director of the National Security Secretariat in the Cabinet Office.

Her previous overseas postings include Brussels and Islamabad.